Sixteen missing after tour boat capsizes, sinks off Egyptian coast

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Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Sixteen people are missing after a tour boat capsized Monday during a five-day diving expedition and sank off of Egypt's Red Sea coast. The Sea Story yacht, which was carrying 44 people, sent a distress call at 5:30 a.m. local time, before contact with the 144-foot vessel was lost, according to the governor of Red Sea province. Of the 13 Egyptian crew and 31 tourists on board, 28 were rescued. Advertisement The Egyptian Meteorological Authority had forecast rough seas Saturday,